Washington River Called Most Endangered In U.s.

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April 6, 1998

SPOKANE, WASH. — A wild stretch of a Pacific Northwest river long protected from human encroachment by nearby Cold War radioactive contamination today was declared the most endangered river in the country. HanfordReach, the last untouched piece of the Columbia River, is threatened by efforts to use it to irrigate land on its eastern banks, the American Rivers conservation group said.